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Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1921, Page 5

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SOUTHERN MARKETS. CONDITIONS VERY QUIET. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. All-round business in the produce trade this week has been extremely quiet. The i slight impetus given to the oat market about tbree weeks ago was only artificial, and today the top prices quoted were: A grade Gartons 2s 10d, B grade 2s 9d on trucks. Offerirgs from tte country are not heavy, but are ample for requirements. In sympathy with oats the trade tn chaff is also dead, and the rates quoted remain the same, viz., £3 and £3 5s at country stations. Seeds jire quiet all round. A fair quantity of clover was shipped by the CoriA* thic for London this week. LONDON METAL MARKET. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 7, 9.30 p.m. London, Oct- 6. Copper.—Spot £69 Is 3d; forward £7O Ig 3d. Lead.—£23 5s and £23 2s 6d. Spelter.—£26 12s 6d and £27 2s 6d. Tin.—£lss 12s 6d and £155 17s 6d. Silver.—4l %d per ounce. LONDON MEAT PRICES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date sth instant: — Tallow. —We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: Fine mutton £i 15s 9d per cwt.; good beef, £2 13s 6d per cwt.; mixed £2 5s per cwt. Market dull with downward tendency for good mutton. New Zealand Frozen Meat.—Lamb, 8 l-8d per ib. (average). Wethers and maiden eves, light 6%d per lb., heavy 4%d per lb; ev.es, light 4%d per lb., heavy 4%d per lb. Ox beef, hinds 5%.d per lb., fores 3%d per

lb.; cow beef, hinds 4 l-8d per lb., fores 25-8 d per lb. Market depressed and has downward tendency.